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161 pp.
| Front |
June, 2000 |
TradeISBN 1-886910-44-8$$16.95
(2)
YA
A boy watches his mother being shot to death after they attempt to escape from a "patriot" group that had just discovered his father was an infiltrator from the FBI (a fact unknown to the boy). The core escape story and a persistent theme of identity keep the book from becoming a tract. A Cormier-like twist near the end probably wasn't entirely necessary but does give an extra edge of paranoia to the charged events.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2000